Provide instructions to use n8n-mcp with vscode and Continue AI code assistant

[jhalbrecht]

Has anyone been able to use n8n-mcp with vscode and continue?

I read the issue Provide instructions for install in Claude Code, Cursor & Windsurf #28 although I'm pretty new to mcp it looks like I might be able to use n8n-mcp with vscode and continue. @naXa777 has some instructions in that issue. I'd like to learn more about Step 2 "Assuming you've already deployed the n8n MCP server and ..." Can someone point me to some resources to learn more about accomplishing Step 2?

[naXa777]

@jhalbrecht, I have a self-hosted n8n and self-hosted n8n MCP server on my remote private server.

If you want to achive the same, go get your compute instance in a cloud, deploy n8n there, then deploy n8n MCP server as well.

First two steps are slightly out of topic for this repository. To know how to deploy n8n MCP on a remote server, read here: HTTP_DEPLOYMENT. The document tries to cover a lot of different topics, so it may be hard to use as a how-to guide... Just cherry-pick parts about "Remote Server", Docker Deployment, Production Deployment, Security Setup, Monitoring & Maintenance.

Otherwise, if you simply want to connect VS code to n8n MCP server running locally on your machine, you don't need cloud.

• Follow the Quick Start in the readme.
• Follow VS_CODE_PROJECT_SETUP.md, but instead of https://n8n.your.production.url/mcp specify your localhost n8n MCP URL.

[jhalbrecht]

I have a working instance of n8n hosted in a proxmox node->lxc Debian 12->docker. I'll read the quick start and vs code project setup again. I'm a bit confused about the MCP server. I thought the MCP server would be running on my workstation by vscode (like context7, GitHub, etc... which are installed and operational)

[naXa777]

@jhalbrecht, it's possible to run n8n MCP server locally. I tried this in docker on my workstation. You just need to configure it by providing your n8n API base URL and secret access key.

[jhalbrecht]

I tried to add the n8n MCP server in vscode using the mcp: add server from the ^shiftP pallette. It didn't find the MCP server to add. I manually added it to docker on the ws that vscode is running on. It didn't show up in the list of MCP servers - where servers I've added successfully like GitHub and context7 show up.

[NINEWELL]

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